And all of it shall happen again

If you didn't want to work on the Tower of London, not telling me three days before the due date would have been nice.

I realise that maybe you didn't want to upset me, but I now have half a presentation and three days in which to rewrite it. At least our other partner gave us some time and left last week. If you wanted to do something else, you could have suggested something. I distinctly remember being the one to bring up all three of our options, and you going along with everything. I wouldn't have bitten your head off.

You know what else would have been a good idea? Getting in touch with me at any point in the last THREE WEEKS to voice any doubts. Or, you know, actually doing some work. Maybe you wouldn't feel so lost if you'd actually made a start on it. I realise you're on your gap year and none of this matters to you, but I actually have to pass this year. These marks matter. I do have other classes, you know. I have coursework. Right this moment, in fact!

I didn't make you work with me. You chose to join this group, and no matter what else, that was a commitment. You're a nice person, but the fact that you are blowing me off like this proves you can't be trusted. Hope your presentation goes well.

If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

We can all feel a little sucky about our writing ability sometimes. So this is the meme to try and deal with that. Comment here and I'll give you detailed love for as many of your fics as I can. Afterwards, post this in your own LJ and spread the love.

1. When I started shipping them:2. What I think their challenge is:3. What makes me happy about them:4. What makes me sad about them:5. What moment I wish had never happened:6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:7. My happily ever after for them:

Also!IF YOU COMMENT ON THIS JOURNAL ENTRY, I SHALL...1. Respond with something random about you.2. Tell you which color you remind me of.3. Tell you my first memory of you.4. Tell you what animal you remind me of.5. Ask you something I've always wondered about you.6. Tell you my favorite thing about you.7. Tell you my least favorite thing about you.8. Challenge you to post this on your journal if you haven't already.

Ask me my Top Five Whatevers. Fannish or literary or otherwise. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! Fandoms, ice cream flavors, ships I used to love, OTPs, tropes, goals for the future, celebrity crushes, books I wish would be made into movies, JoCo songs. And I will answer them all in a new post (or in comments). Possibly with pictures.

Choose one or two or however many and a character/pairing and I'll try and write something for it. As always, you can ask for verses and see what I can come up with.

1) we would all be fools to pray for justice2) great charity, bad tactics3) a place beyond fear4) prayer is a dangerous business5) trying to build a tower out of custard6) I will not fail death7) all things out of season8) lit like a burning city9) now explain why you glow in the dark10) expect to be valued accordingly11) such a natural, normal lethality12) choose good actions without good knowledge13) the confusion of mind you dub honor14) you were born to be betrayed15) how long have I been walking down this road?16) any man can be kind when he is comfortable17) I've seen him cheat himself18) these prizes are for living men19) in desperation, anything becomes possible20) I'd storm heaven for you, if I knew where it was21) ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be22) with the right to rule came the duty to protect23) they will be vastly unlucky in their children24) but he quit just an hour too soon25) matter remembered itself so very clearly26) the structure of her nose alone27) all the words in all the languages of the world that ever were or will be28) like trying to weave a box of shadows in which to carry water29) time and scale, both altered out of reckoning30) even your darkness shall be treasured then

You guys. The sun's just gone down, and all around the courtyard there's lit windows open to the air. It's just gone cool, and there's still a dim glow in the sky. There's two little birds flying in circles around the tree in the courtyard and the night is young.

I finally have internet in my room, not that it means much when I'm trying to get moved. This room is a dump. The paint is peeling off the walls. The rest of moving here's been okay. I'm managing with shops and things, and I'm sure once classes start I'll feel much more settled. I've met some of the people from my uni and we've made plans to hang out together.

I'm no longer vegetarian. It sucks, and I hate it, but it's not really feasible in a country like this, where food is so expensive and vegetarianism isn't really done. Still not eating much meat though, it's gross.

MSN and Skype are banned in halls. I'm working on it. Don't worry guys, I'm not going to vanish.